Jurassic Bark

Futurama is of course a great comic series. But this episode shows more than any other how it can strike a bittersweet, serious note as well with its spin on the familiar flashback of Fry's last day in the 20th century. This time, instead of seeing that Fry's coming to the future was not entirely as it appeared in the first episode, ("The Why of Fry" season 4) we get to see another aspect of his life that was left behind--his faithful dog Seymour. As the episode unfolds we learn what happened to Seymour after Fry was frozen...and what Fry decides to do when his fossilized remains are recovered in the future.

I think the song that's played in the last scene is perfectly chosen--and I came to IMDb to find out who sings it. I couldn't find that information here, but in case anybody else is wondering I found it on Wikipedia--"'I Will Wait For You' from The Umbrellas of Cherbourg as sung by Connie Francis, which writer Eric Kaplan's parents played and sang on the piano while he was a child."

I am a big Futurama fan. I have rewatched it 5 or more times. And this episode always makes me cry even when I know what will happen. Sometimes I think to skip it because I don't want to cry. But I never skip because I know it's so beautiful and pure. This is a masterpiece.

Every time man. Why do I do this to myself? The saddest ending to a TV episode I've ever watched.

I like animated comedy, its comedy for 'our' generation. Sitcoms just don't do it anymore and implement way to many morals into the storyline.

Futurama differentiates itself enough from the other popular animated comedy series to be interesting. Animated comedy is, maybe silently, stigmatized for being to superficial. Indeed the stories don't go to deep most of the time and that is the appealing part of it, but now and then people have a need for extra emotions besides humor.

Bringing drama with a laugh, to me sounds impossible. obviously it can be done, but it almost always negates or even nullifies the drama part.

This episode was regular for almost the entire length, but it was build up to the end so ingeniously and unnoticeable that the end indeed made such an impact.

I think that if you compare this scene with the saddest scene from friends (in context) futurama wins by a land slide in sadness.

Reading most of the reviews here shows exactly the same colective feeling: once you've seen this episode you can't ever watch it again and just the memory of it will instantly make you burst into tears. I agree with someone who said it is the sadest thing ever in the world. It's just like that. I've not seen any other piece of film (live action or animated) that will make my heart brake completely and then throw it on the floor and step on it again and again. Forget Bamby's mom, forget Lion King, forget Titanic or Artificial Intelligence's ending (Well that last one can be the only match actually). Anyway, if you're a dog lover, or a human lover, or a human with human feelings, watch at your own discretion. Be advised. Thanks Matt Groening for the first 10 ir 12 seasons of The Simpsons and for this great show.